July is peak family reunion season, and the Jones family gathered in Wilson over the extended Fourth of July weekend. The Joneses’ roots are in western Wilson County; they descend from Bethany Jones, a free woman of color born about 1772, perhaps in Johnston, Wayne, or Nash County. The most prominent line of her offspring descend from John Jones and wife Susan Simpson, alias Powell, and includes generations of well-known, accomplished Wilson County residents like John Wesley Jones, brothers Howard C. and Franklin D. Jones, and Kristi Jones.
Is your family gathering in Wilson County this summer?
Shaunna Stevens shared this Jones family tree drawn by her talented mother Karole Turner Campbell. Thank you!